Stand for kettles



(No Model.)

J. GEIGER.

STAND FOR KETTLES. No. 279,238. Patented June-l2,1883.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB GEIGER, or BUCYRUS, OHIO.

STAND FOR KETTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,238, dated June 12, 1883,

' Application filed April '1, 1883. (No model.)

T0 00% whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JAooB GEIGER, of Bu cyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stands for Holding Iron, Brass, and Copper Kettles, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stand for holding kettles with -my improvements attached. Fig. 2 represents the same withthe cape removed. Fig. 3 represents the same with both the cape and the rim removed. Fig. 4; is a section through 00 x of Fig. 3.

My invention relates to metal stands for holding iron, brass, or copper kettles when used for boiling or cooking purposes; and it consists of the combination of devices hereinafter explained and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

Stands for holding kettles have heretofore been made of flat iron bars formed into a ring,

and then hammered into shape to fit the ket- To this ring are welded legs, and this completes the stand; but this mode of manufacture is expensive.

The first object of my invention is to lessen the cost, and at the same time improve the article; and the second object is to produce a stand which will be readily adapted to hold either iron, brass, or copper kettles.

In the drawings, A is a ring bent into shape from a bar of round iron, or, preferably, a piece of gas-pipe, and to this I attach the clamps B, as shown in Fig.4,with the lower or free end of the clamps made hollow for the reception of the legs 0, also made of round iron or gaspipe. The clamps are 'formed to turn on the round metal ring, whereby the legs are made adjustable in position. If, however, it be desirable to render these legs stationary, a rivet, b, may be inserted through each clamp and as shown in Fig. 4, to secure the leg rigidly in position; or both the rivet and teat may be used, if desired. By this means I secure a cheap and convenient stand for an iron kettle;

but as the round metal which forms the ring would be likely to mark soft-metal kettles, I introduce the sheet or cast metal rim D, set loosely into the circle of the stand, to receive the soft-metal kettles and hold them without danger of marking or other injury, as shown in Fig. 2. By this construction I secure a cheaper and more substantial stand, and one equally adapted to be used with iron, brass, or copper kettles.

To secure the advantage of the greatest heat under the kettle, I construct the loose metal cape E, fitting snugly around the exterior of the ring and its legs, as shown in Fig l, and

falling from its point of contact with the ket tle down any desired depth. This cape is designed to catch and retain the heat directly under the bottom of the kettle, thus effecting a great saving of fuel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a stand for holding kettles, the metal ring A, of round iron or gas-pipe, in combination with the clamp B and adjustable legs 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a stand for holding kettles, the ring A, clamp B, and legs 0, in combination with the rim D, all constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a stand for holding kettles, the ring A and legs 0, in combination with the cape E, all constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JACOB GEIGER. WVitnesses:

B. A. SINN, HENRY Fnosr. 

